Deadly mine collapse in Turkey

Locals and relatives of miners who are trapped in a coal mine wait in front of a hospital in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least four miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Ihlas/Yilmaz Saripinar

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An injured miner is carried to an ambulance after being rescued from a mine where he was trapped in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least four miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Ihlas/Yilmaz Saripinar

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An injured miner is carried to an ambulance in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least seventeen miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Depo Photos

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A relative of a miner cries as she arrives at an accident site where coal miners are trapped near Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least four miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Ihlas/Yilmaz Saripinar

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A rescued miner surrounded by relatives, medics and other miners cries after being rescued from a coal mine he was in trapped in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least four miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Ihlas/Yilmaz Saripinar

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Relatives of miners who are trapped in a coal mine wait in front of a hospital in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least four miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Depo Photos

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An injured miner is carried into a hospital in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least four miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Depo Photos

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Search and rescue teams and officials are seen around a coal mine where miners are trapped near Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014.An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least four miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Ihlas/Yilmaz Saripinar

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A general view of a coal mine where miners are trapped near Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least four miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Ihlas/Yilmaz Saripinar

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An injured miner is carried into a hospital in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least seventeen miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Depo Photos

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Relatives of miners trapped in a coal mine react as they wait in front of the site in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least seventeen miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Depo Photos

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A general view of a coal mine where miners are trapped near Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least four miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Ihlas/Yilmaz Saripinar

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An injured miner is carried into a hospital in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in western Turkey killed at least four miners on Tuesday and may have trapped as many as 300 more, officials said. REUTERS/Depo Photos